Leading the way with innovation in water and sanitation

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Water personality What does your position as Head: Water and Sanitation entail? My job is to make sure that the eThekwini Metropolitan region, a municipality which comprises 3,5 million people, has access to quality drinking water supply and sanitation services that disposes of sewage safely. You have been with eThekwini Municipality for some 40 years, tell us about the early years of your career? I was initially a loan student with the Council, they assisted me with paying for my studies. In return I worked for them for a period of four years to pay back the loan. I undertook vacation work for the Council and was involved in building the 4th Aqueduct which serves as a key bulk water main supplying the Municipality. I also worked on the Durban Heights Waterworks project, as I had specialised in water supply and hydraulics at University. I started in the Design Branch, being involved in designing water trunk mains and reservoirs. I gained a lot of experience during the five years that I was in the branch and then was made Manager of Operations.

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